Management

Board of Directors
Executive Committee

Ian Meakins
Group Chief Executive
John Martin
Chief Financial Officer
Frank Roach
Chief Executive, North America
Richard Shoylekov
Company Secretary and General Counsel

Ian Meakins

Group Chief Executive

Ian was, until April 2009, Chief Executive of Travelex Holdings Limited, the international foreign exchange and payments business. Previously he was Chief Executive Officer of Alliance UniChem plc until its merger with Boots in July 2006. Prior to that, between 2000 and 2004, he was President, European Major Markets and Global Supply for Diageo plc, spending over 12 years with the company in a variety of international management positions. Age 56.

Key information

Appointment

Appointed to the Board on 13 July 2009.

Key strengths

Broad international board and general management experience in brand, retail and wholesale distribution management; Strategic vision and extensive operational leadership.

External appointments

Director of the Impetus Trust and Non Executive Director of Centrica plc.

Committee membership

Chairman of the Executive Committee
Major Announcements Committee
Disclosure Committee
Treasury Committee

John Martin

Chief Financial Officer

John, a chartered accountant, joined the Company in February 2010. He was previously a partner at the private equity group Alchemy Partners and prior to that was Chief Financial Officer of Travelex Holding Limited and Hays plc, the business services group. John started his career at Arthur Andersen before joining The Stationery Office Group, on its privatisation, where he was Group Controller. Age 47.

Key information

Appointment

Appointed to the Board on 1 April 2010.

Key strengths

Extensive operational and financial management experience. Significant experience at cost control, driving productivity, and leading business expansion projects, acquisitions, disposals, capital efficiency, tax, treasury and compliance activities.

External appointments

None

Committee membership

Chairman of the Major Announcements, Disclosure and Treasury Committees
Executive Committee

Frank Roach

Chief Executive, North America

Frank is responsible for all the North American businesses. He first joined Ferguson Enterprises Inc. in 1976 and has held a number of business roles. In 2005, he was appointed as Senior Vice President of the Wolseley North America management team, playing a key part in further developing and expanding the Group’s North American businesses. Age 62.

Key information

Appointment

Appointed to the Board on 16 December 2005.

Key strengths

Strong business and operational leadership; Management of subsidiaries and joint ventures. Business development and wide-ranging sales experience.

External appointments

None.

Committee membership

Executive Committee

Richard Shoylekov

Company Secretary and General Counsel

Joined Wolseley plc in November 2007. He is secretary to the Board and all of the Committees of the Board and is a member of the Major Announcements, Disclosure and Executive Committees. Richard, a solicitor, has responsibility for the Group’s legal affairs, insurance and corporate responsibility. Age 47.

Key information

Appointment

Appointed in November 2007.

Responsibilities

Richard, a solicitor, has responsibility for the Group’s legal affairs, risk management and corporate responsibility.

External appointments

None.

Committee membership

Secretary to the Board and all Committees of the Board
Major Announcements Committee
Disclosure Committee
Executive Committee

Steve Ashmore
Managing Director, Wolseley UK
Tony England
Chief Information Officer
Philippe Gardies
Managing Director, Wolseley France
Bob Morrison
Group HR Director

Steve Ashmore

Managing Director, Wolseley UK

Steve Ashmore was appointed Managing Director of Wolseley UK in May 2010. Steve has considerable construction materials distribution sector experience. He joined Wolseley UK in 2005 as UK brand development director. In 2007 he was appointed managing director of the UK’s Plumb, Parts, BCG and Unifix businesses and most recently has been responsible for Wolseley UK’s Heavyside division.

Steve has strong international operational experience and before joining Wolseley spent over 11 years with Exel plc, the supply chain and third party logistics provider, in a variety of leadership positions. Between 2003 and 2005 he was Managing Director, Europe of Exel’s Industrial Division, covering logistics and supply chain management for the capital goods, utilities and processing industries. Prior to that, he was Managing Director, Continental Europe comprising Exel businesses in Spain, France, Germany and Portugal. Before joining Exel, Steve was a consultant for management consulting firm A. T. Kearney.

Tony England

Chief Information Officer

Tony England was appointed Group Chief Information Officer in October 2010. He joined Wolseley in 2006 as Chief Technology Officer; in June 2007 the role expanded into the Director of Service Delivery role, responsible for establishing a group-wide IT operations and service management function.

He was previously Head of Technology Development and Architecture at Standard Chartered Bank where he worked for several years. Prior to that Tony spent five years at Glaxo-Wellcome as member of the major projects team and leading Infrastructure Development function for the R&D business.

Philippe Gardies

Managing Director, Wolseley France

In May 2006, Philippe Gardies was appointed to lead Wolseley’s operations across the whole of France after having managed one of the French companies, PBM (current Heavyside and Import and Timber Solutions divisions).

From 1978 to 1988, Philippe worked for the Leroy Somer Group where he held a number of roles from Production Planning Manager to Business Unit Manager in France, Africa and the US.

In 1988 he joined V33 (paints and varnishes), a French market leader as General Manager where he significantly developed the company throughout a nine-year period. In 1997 he joined PBM as General Manager for the Distribution Network and doubled the size of the business through organic and acquisitive growth. In 2003 Wolseley acquired PBM and Philippe was appointed Managing Director of this company.

Bob Morrison

Group HR Director

Bob Morrison was appointed Group Human Resources Director in April 2007. In this role Bob works with the senior HR management across the Group, providing leadership and direction, ensuring that our people practices and Leadership Development are fully aligned and supportive of our business strategy. Prior to joining Wolseley, Bob spent five years with Blockbuster Inc., where he was Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Operations for Blockbuster’s 3,000 stores outside the United States and Canada. Additionally, from 1986 to 1994, he was the Vice President of Human Resources for Burger King Corporation’s International business. From 1994 to 2001, Bob owned and operated a retained executive search firm primarily in the United States.

Ole Mikael Jensen
President & Chief Executive Officer, Nordic (DT Group) and Central Europe

Ole Mikael Jensen

President & Chief Executive Officer, Nordic (DT Group) and Central Europe

Ole Mikael Jensen was appointed President and CEO of DT group and Central Europe on 1 August 2012. Ole is responsible for leading the Nordic Group, which supplies materials and related services for building and home improvement in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland. Ole also oversees Wolseley’s businesses in Central and Eastern Europe.

Ole joined DT Group in 1999 as Controller, and became DT Group Vice President of Sourcing in 2004, serving in this position until his appointment as Managing Director of Central Europe in 2009. Previously Ole held the position of CFO, Treasurer and Board Assistant of NCC Construction Danmark A/S from 1995 to 1999.

Management

Ian Meakins

Key information

Appointment

Key strengths

External appointments

Committee membership

John Martin

Key information

Appointment

Key strengths

External appointments

Committee membership

Frank Roach

Key information

Appointment

Key strengths

External appointments

Committee membership

Richard Shoylekov

Key information

Appointment

Responsibilities

External appointments

Committee membership

Steve Ashmore

Tony England

Philippe Gardies

Bob Morrison

Ole Mikael Jensen

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